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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

adjective position?

I definitely consider those kinds of events are definitely disasters to the victims and their familiesy

Why following is wrong?
I consider those kinds of events are definitely disasters to the victims and their families.
  

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john liao Why following is wrong? It's the wrong grammar for "consider". to consider X Y and to consider X to be Y are the usual grammatical patterns for the verb "consider": I consider those kinds of events disasters for the victims and their families .

— CalifJim

  • john liao Why following is wrong?
  • It's the wrong grammar for "consider".
  • to consider X Y and to consider X to be Y are the usual grammatical patterns for the verb "consider": I consider those kinds of events disasters for the victims and their families .
  • OR I consider those kinds of events to be disasters for the victims and their families .
  • ______ If you must use "definitely", put it with "consider": I definitely consider ...
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john liaoWhy following is wrong?
It's the wrong grammar for "consider".

to consider X Y and to consider X to be Y are the usual grammatical patterns for the verb "consider":

I consider those kinds of events disasters for the victims and their families.
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I consider those kinds of events
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Can I say
I definitely consider that those kinds of events are disasters to the victims and their families.
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john liaoI definitely consider that those kinds of events are disasters to the victims and their families.
It is understandable, but not exactly right. I would change 'consider' to 'believe' because the grammar of 'consider' is as I explained above.

I definitely believe that those kinds of events are disasters for the victims and the
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